Hey, pennant guys

[Fballguy]

Welcome to the addiction. Slight tip damage but otherwise a cool pennant.

I have a white elephant on eBay right now....just saying.

[perezfan]

Welcome Tony...

Question... Did the ebay seller picture the tip in his listing? If not, I'd say you have a case, and an automatic return (should you desire). If he did picture the tip, then it's yours in all its glory.

These types of condition issues do severely impact the value of the pennant. I can see why the seller snapped up your offer, as it's very tough to sell these tattered ones. Still a cool and pretty rare pennant.

I may throw a few of my A's White Elephant pennants onto this thread, just to wet your whistle and spice things up. If they show up sideways, I won't bother. Regardless, you should have no trouble finding some nice ones on your own. If you search ebay, just be sure to exclude all the cheapies under $20. You'll save yourself countless hours of futility. Welcome to the club!

[999Tony]

Oh no, it was all on me. The seller was very very open and honest about the poor condition. The seller showed a close up of the tip, er I mean the missing tip and chewed up end. It was late at night and the plastic pennant container was included, and I don't have any pennant sleeves yet . . . it was really cheap . .

So this is perfect for me. If there isn't anyone collecting tattered pennants, I will have the market to myself! Though if anyone has seen the 1961 Reds pennant on ebay for $9.99, that has been relisted, you're welcome to it, as even though I'm a Reds fan, that one is too battered and ugly even for me! See, I do have standards.

[Fballguy]

Yeah that one is rough, but there's a nicer one for sale for $49.99 too. Several others listed with prices all over the place ranging from $100 to $200.

Many people just throw prices out there to see what sticks...I do it too.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Don’t get too worked up about the condition, if you like it thats all that matters. That is actually a tougher version for the Knicks and generally anything pre 70’s in basketball is fairly rare. Have fun and collect what you like.

[999Tony]

Hey --I was just kidding around in my post, even though it really happened the way I told it. I guess you didn't read all of my post -- I presciently paraphrased what you just said re collect what you like . . . as long as you like it, that's what matters . . .

I paid almost nothing for the pennant. It is AWESOME! I don't care what anyone else thinks about it. I am really happy with it. I already gave the seller very positive feedback.

I thought it was funny that I bought the wrong kind of white elephant . . .but apparently no one else did.

[ooo-ribay]

Pennants are definitely a passion for me. Even the very best ones go for a fraction of what the mass produced ‘52 Mantle cards fetch. I have a couple hundred SF Giants pennants. There are maybe 5-10 other Giants pennants I have seen but don’t have. My “buddy” has outbid me on most of those.